dreams

[Heretotellthetale_]

hello all, I have recently discovered that I was immensely lucky to not experience the terrifying delirium that most people suffer from post coma. However the more time passes (still very early days for me) I am experiencing many vivid dreams. Mostly they are apocalyptic in nature, always trying to escape from whatever disaster has happened. In these dreams I seem to need to choose which of my children I save too. I think I am recovering well, both physically and emotionally but just wondered if anyone else has had a similar experience?

[Sepsur]

I experienced appalling & brilliant delirium in equal measure - about 80% of ventilated ICU patients will experience ICU delirium ( which isn’t that different to other forms of delirium in content & style).

20% therefore don’t experience delirium or recognise that very pleasant ( almost euphoric) episodes constitute delirium.

Moving forward and discharged from hospital - 3 months later - I had one ‘dream’ that was precisely the same in texture & content as my awful dreams during delirium. I walked into a multi-roomed house only to discover my wife hanged from the central light, I would cut her down, only to be met by the same scenario as I entered another room. I experienced the same grief of delirium as I tried to save my children who would die or be killed repeatedly, no matter what I did it was to no avail!!

[BigH63]

Hi. I like Sepsur had awful delirium in ICU and they are still very strong memories a year after, but I didn’t dream fir about three months after ICU but then started having horrific nightmares and to a point of lashing out in the night on my poor partner. So as the saying goes we are all different so hopefully they subside for you.

Time is the healer.

[Heretotellthetale_ in reply to BigH63]

Thank you. I am so grateful I didn’t suffer the delirium, most things indeed do pass and hopefully this will too